A list of English-language books on the
subject has been provided along the way, but below I provide a bibliography of
the French sources Paul Smith leans on and a few links to other websites.

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b l i o g r a p h yo fF r e n c hS o u r c e s

The following bibliography has
apparently been heavily leaned on by Paul Smith in coming to his conclusions,
and they may be perfectly reputable sources, but I do not personally know
that.I would have to know who these
authors are and whether they have any axes to grind or ideologies to defend or
secret agendas before I would accept their arguments.The fact that this began as a French
“conspiracy” puts one on guard against French sources.One should also factor in the long tradition
of locals having fun with the tourists.And that it’s Frenchmen in the position of being able to gull Brits is
even more to be considered!

Following are links to other websites interested in
Rennes-le-Château and related matters.If you wish your site to be added to this list, apply to
dietrich@cas.usf.edu.I have kept this
list short because most of the sites here have themselves extensive listings of
links, especially # 8.

8.“The
Rennes
Alchemist”--http://www.cerclealpheus.com/ (a new
website is being developed at http://www.rennesalchemist.com/
).The Cercle
Alpheus, affiliated with the French group called Cercle
St. Dagobert, publishes a quarterly journal called
“Journal of the Rennes
Alchemist” that is rapidly becoming a valuable tool for further research.Subscription recommended."Alpheus" refers to"the underground stream of initiatic knowledge," but the site and the journal are
not all that focused on alchemy per se,
except in a metaphorical sense as the search for knowledge lends itself to
transformation of the self.